Rhapta
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.T. Potts
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Matt Elliott, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Sep 01, 2022 03:25 PM
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History
A city and trading port on the east coast of Africa, mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea and other sources. Probably to be located in the area south of modern Dar es-Salaam, in or around the Rufiji Delta and Mafia archipelago (Tanzania). Rhapta's location has not been archaeologically verified, but monumental architecture identified in 2016 off the north coast of Mafia island is a strong candidate.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39414
-7.80303212371, 39.6268309741
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM Location of Mafia archipelago (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Less than certain: Geonames location of Rufiji River Delta (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: Imagery location of submerged site (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Ῥάπτα (Rhapta: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Less than certain: Dar es Salaam (Swahili, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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ruin, archipelago, island group, river mouth, delta, settlement, port
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 A7 Rhapta
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dar es-Salaam TAN
D.T. Potts, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Matt Elliott, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Rhapta: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39414> [accessed: 05 May 2024]
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